Went up Yosemite Falls Trail at 6am with 6 friends. We spread out on the 3.2 mile trail up 2600'. We all met up at Yosemite Point. I continued on to North Dome while the others went back down to camp. I found the trail from Yosemite Point to North Dome to be more up and down than I expected. Beautiful hike through the woods. Saw a deer. When I got to North Dome, I tried to fly a kite that I brought so my kids in the valley below could see it, but there was absolutely no wind on North Dome this day. I tried for an hour to fly my kite but it just dropped listlessly to the ground. Disappointing. Oh well. Nice thing about being on Yosemite Point and North Dome is that you see the Valley from a side that only hikers and climbers get to see. Going back down the Yosemite Falls Trail is tricky. Good 16-mile hike round trip.

Great day! We didn't start until 12:15, due to laziness in leaving Palo Alto. I had always wanted to do this as a dayhike. It's fairly challenging in terms of total elevation gained (~6000 ft.) and distance (something like 16 miles). Luckily our group (sister-in-law Rachel and friends Antoine and Jesse) moved fast and made it back to the trailhead just as headlamps became necessary (19:45). Wonderful warm day with clear air and no troublesome snow.

Lots of fun corners and mantles. III, 5.8 is appropriate, and a little runouts in spots.

I didn't think the North Dome Gully descent could get any worse. But we descended towards Mt Watkins and down, which although a straight shot into the gully, adds a load of bush scramling down slabs. Geesh..

July 28, 2002, Yosemite Falls trail: Dayhike up to Yosemite Falls, Eagle Peak, back around via North Dome and the Snow Creek trail. North Dome has perhaps the most spectacular view of Half Dome in the park. Great day, if a bit tiring for me at that time.

July 16, 2006: After climbing Norman Clyde the day before, I was pretty beat and looking for something easier. Decided to hike out to North Dome from Hwy 120 on my way back to the Bay Area. Excellent views as always.

after doing our first grade V, s.face washington column, we crashed in the manzanitas and climbed this one the next morning. not that great actually, unless you really, really like slabs, and lots of them.

Gotta love those climber descent routes. Class 3-4 route to the top of Washington Column, followed by more climber and animal trails plus bushwhacking around the west side of North Dome to the summit. The descent down Indian Canyon is another class 3-4 route (without climber trail) that gets you down to Ahwanee Meadow - much better than Yosemite Falls Trail! Trip Report.

Fun hike, super views of Half Dome, and really interesting side-trip to Indian Rock, but scenery was slightly marred by smoke from mgmt. fires burning in northern Yosemite. Trip report and pics are here.

Strolled out to N.Dome with bearbnz and our field class the day after doing Conness at night. Made great time, and ended up having to wait for an hour or so at each end for the class to show up. Sweet view of Half Dome.

13 hikers of all abilities set off on a loop hike, climbing via Yosemite Falls, returning via Snow Creek. The best prepared had several quarts of water, snacks, sunscreen. The worst prepared brought little more than their weed and pipe. 2 turned back at the top of Yosemite Falls, 4 more turned back at Yosemite Point. 7 of us made it to North Dome, where festivities included a group mooning and shots of Nitrous Oxide (that had to be a first). We lost two more hikers who'd had enough and hiked out to Tioga Rd where they hitched a ride back to the Valley. We shared our water with those who hadn't brought any, but ran out long before reaching North Dome and had to take our chances with the stream water since we had no filter. 5 of us (including the three who had brought no water with them) made the full loop, returning after the end of a long day, tired, thirsty, and hungry - a perfect outing!

This trip is one of the longest I have ever done. Started the hike at Mirror Lake, ascended the trail at the mouth of Tenaya Canyon to the Valley rim, then hiked north toward Hwy 120. Next, looped back around to the south to the summit of North Dome. Finished by hiking west along the Valley rim, from North Dome to the top of Yosemite Falls, then descended to the Valley floor via the Yosemite Falls Trail! This was about a 19 mile trip, in one day. Needless to say, my legs were fairly sore by the time I got back to the Valley! It was an awesome experience though, and I would definitely do it again!